Kirk Douglas as Rick Martin

Lauren Bacall as Amy North

Doris Day as Jo Jordan

Hoagy Carmichael as Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby

Juano Hernández as Art Hazzard

Jerome Cowan as Phil Morrison

Mary Beth Hughes as Marge Martin

Nestor Paiva as Louis Galba

Orley Lindgren as Young Rick

Walter Reed as Jack Chandler

Paul E. Burns as First Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Dan Seymour as Mike (uncredited)

Bill Walker as Funeral Minister

Jean Spangler as Hula Dancer

Paul Brinegar as Stage Manager (uncredited)

Frank Cady as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Dick Cherney as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Everett Glass as Mission Song Leader (uncredited)

Keye Luke as Ramundo the Houseboy (uncredited)

Barry Norton as Man at Train Station / Café Guest (uncredited)